[CR]Getting the hoods to fit right

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Bianca Pratorius" <biankita@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 11:26:52 -0400
Subject: [CR]Getting the hoods to fit right

I just sanded and polished out the lever bodies of a Dura Ace brake lever. The pitting came out and now they shine (in some places not original but new ones are up to $100 now on E-bay). When I put what I believe are still very good soft hoods back on, they no longer fit right. They seem to be stretched out. Do I glue them back on, or use some magical formula to get them to contract back on to the bodies?

Garth Libre in Miami Shores Fl.